Dutton Books

Dutton Books is a rather successful imprint of Penguin Books, and actually consists of two imprints: Dutton Books and Dutton Children's Books. Of these two, Dutton Children's Books is the more productive in terms of books published. Technically, these are two separate imprints, and should be referred to by their separate names, but in practice Dutton Children's Books is usually shortened to simply Dutton -- even on Penguin's website.

In 1986 E.P. Dutton was bought by the Penguin Group and renamed Dutton Books (it is sometimes still referred to E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.); it was also at this time that Dutton Children's Books was split off as a separate imprint. Penguin identifies Dutton as a 'boutique imprint', focused on finding and publicizing bestsellers. It typically publishes about 40 books a year, and they brag that on average one in every four of its books makes it on to the New York Times bestseller list. They have published a number of books to top that list, including works by Harlan Coben, Ken Follett, Elizabeth George, Eckhart Tolle, and Al Franken. It splits its titles evenly between fiction and non-fiction.